Hi friends!
Welcome to the start of the Adventure Quilt … a Road Trip quilt Quilt Along.
It’s here! Block 1-Home- is here!
We are so excited to get started on this journey with you.
Our first block is the Log Cabin. We started with a log cabin block because it’s a fun, easy to piece block! And, in our quilt, it represents home.
Home is where any good adventure starts. Early adventurers would leave home, explore new areas, and then set down roots and create a new home. Whether their home was a log cabin, an adobe hut, or a home made of bricks and stone, people have been looking to both explore this world and set down roots.
So let’s set down the roots of our quilt.
We will be making 2 different Log Cabin blocks- one we call North and one we call Southwest.
And we will be making each of the blocks in 2 sizes.
When making a Log Cabin block, there is not much you have to do to be successful; first thing you need to do is keep the strips organized! Since there are 2 different blocks, each in 2 sizes, you may want to separate the strips into piles as you cut them – one for each size and type of block.
The cutting will probably take longer than the sewing, though it may have taken me longer than normal since I had help!
The next thing to do to be successful, is to be sure to add the logs in the same rotation.
The logs are added going one way for the Southwest blocks, and in the opposite direction for the North blocks.
Let me show you the rotation of the North blocks.
For the North blocks, every time you are ready to add a new log, the log you just added should be at the top. In the image below, I had just added a Dark Gold log, so I turned my block so the Dark Gold log is at the top of the block. Then I was ready to add my next log, a Blue log, to the right side of the block.
After adding the first Blue log, I turned my block so the Blue log was at the top and now I am ready to add the next Blue log to the right side of the block. Easy peasy!
The Southwest blocks are added in the opposite direction. And don’t worry if this seems a little confusing, the pattern has great diagrams for you to follow!
The other thing that you need to do to be successful with a Log Cabin block is have an accurate ¼” seam.
Today’s Tip
Today’s tip is my method on how I check to make sure my ¼” seam is accurate. First I start with Celine Perkins Perfect Piecing Seam Guide and set it up on my sewing machine with the needle thru the small hole in the guide. The Seam Guide marks a scant ¼”.
Then I place a small piece of the Sewing Edge from C&T Publishing along the seam guide and adhere it to my sewing machine. I cut a piece of the Sewing Edge to fit on top of my bobbin cover.
Next I take 3 pieces of fabric cut 1 ½” wide and sew them together. I press away from the middle strip and then check the size of the middle strip.
If the strip in the middle is too big, my seam allowance is too small and I need to adjust the placement of the Sewing Edge. If the strip in the middle is too small, then my seam allowance is too big.
If the strip in the middle is exactly 1”, I have my Sewing Edge in the perfect spot. Lucky me!
Once in place, my Sewing Edge will last for a quite a while and it really helps to have something to butt the edge of the fabric up against. You could use Post It notes or tape, but I have found the Sewing Edge lasts longer than either of them and it has a nice small edge that really helps keep your fabric lined up but is not so big as to get in the way.
Giveaway
How would you like to win a Perfect Piecing Seam Guide and a package of the Sewing Edge strips?
Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods and C&T Publishing were very generous to sponsor this post and to offer a giveaway! I will draw 2 names next week and each winner will win a Seam Guide and a package of the Sewing Edge strips! Woo hoo!
To enter, use the Gleam Widget below to enter. Giveaway will close on Tuesday February 5th at 5pm MT.
Block 1
Click here to download a copy of the Block 1 PDF. The block is free to download thru Tuesday February 5th, 2019 at midnight MT. After that, the block will be available for $3.00
Note: you will have to enter a name and address to be able to download the block. The system won’t let you get the block without doing that. It is just how it works! We tried to go around it but… to make things easier each week, you could create an account and then you would not have to enter all that information each time!
Also if you don’t hit the button that says “Complete Order”, you won’t get the block!
Tammy’s Block
If you want to see Tammy’s blocks, click here to go to her blog post today.
Facebook Live
On Saturday, I will be doing a Facebook live about the block. It will be short and sweet. So tune into my Facebook page on Saturday at 1oam MT and check it out!
Maybe Lark will help that day too- she was my photo shoot helper!
Have fun making Block 1-Home and we will see you next week on Tammy’s Blog for our Quilt Along Block 2. Block 2 is called Milemarker and you will need these fabrics:
Background, Light Green, Green and Dark Purple.
See you then!
happy quilting,
Kate
p.s. Tomorrow I will be back with my post on the Turnabout Patchwork book blog hop with a chance to win a copy of her ebook! So be sure to come back then!
I love log cabin blocks, and have really been tempted to try them. Thanks for the great tips to get them started. I love your colors and can’t wait to see how this quilt builds.
This will be a fun sew along. Thanks!
home is relaxing, calm, and loving. excited for this qal.
Home to me means peace, contentment, love, respect, and safety from the outside world, happiness.
Home is where my loved ones are. It is where I feel safe and peaceful.
I am so excited for the qal. Thank you for all the great tips. I’ve struggled with log cabin blocks and am anxious to try making one again using your tips.
Home is my safe, peaceful place. I’ve been wanting to make a log cabin quilt, so this is just the push I need.
Wonderful tips! I’m not sure when I can start the QAL but I’m excited to do so!
Home is family and love! Its also where I have the best time sewing & quilting!
I love both colorways! This is going to be fun! Thank you both for sharing your talents!
Great looking blocks! Looking forward to this quiltalong!
This looks like one I might be able to actually do. THank yo
Looks sew fun!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Love this block
Love a quilt along!!! The puzzle aspect of the setting is right up my alley!!!
Thanks!
Home is my happy place, safe from the crazy world. Your log cabin directions are certainly new to me…I hope I can keep the twists and turns right!!
Home is safe, comforting, a place to land when the world outside is going crazy! Thanks for doing this quilt along!
The log cabin block is so perfect to start an adventure quilt because there’s no place like home. Love the colors.
Love making log cabins – happy we’re starting out with them. Thanks.
Home is being with family.
Home is comfort
I love the first block! and I’m always up for an adventure!!!!
Thanks for the tip and tutorial!!!
Home is my peaceful haven of comfort. I can gather my family to cook and share a meal with all their excitement or quietly sew and create when by myself.
Your helpers are cute. Mine often wear similar expressions.
Thanks much for the QAL!
Sorry–I didn’t see the question until after I had commented. But, in a way, I started to answer. Home, to me, is being with our cats, dogs, and human family members. Time has taught me that home is about more than a place. I carry with me the memories of many places that have been home. As long as my loved ones are with me, I’m home.
Home is a place of contentment.
I’m looking forward to the Adventure quilt along. The fabrics will be mostly from my stash as close as possible to the colors seen on the charts. Thanks for project.
Just reread the requirements for the Comment…home is where I can find my husband and dogs; where I can dig in the dirt to plant flowers and where my son feels good about his visits.
Home means comfort, warmth, and safety. It is where I can quilt in peace.
Home is where my family is.
Home is my refuge from the world and all of it’s craziness, and it is also where all of my stuff is. Thanks!
I have not done a log cabin so of course I’m looking forward to learning this block. Love the idea of a way to make accurate seams.
Ok, I didn’t read very well either. Home is where I live. I feel at home in so many places but actually being Home is a different feeling. Back home is in Indiana, Home is Colorado.
I must be a little confused. As I look at the cutting instructions, Under RED, I see it says to cut 1 square 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ And 3 squares 2″ x 2″. Shouldn’t that be 2 squares 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ and 2 squares 2″ x 2″?????
I just want to make sure before I cut.
Hi Cathy,
So we are making one large North block and 3 small North blocks so you need one square at 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ and 3 squares at 2″ x 2″.
Hope that helps!
Home means my bed
Home to me is wherever I am with my sweet hubby or visiting kids, grandkid DH’s and great grandkid day.
This morning means warmth, comfort and love on a cold gray morning. I have a lovely fire started and a big pot of pasta sauce going and I’m determined to finish the rag quilt sitting at my sewing machine so perhaps I should also add that home also means productivity and optimism
Home is my place to be with family and to create & dream.
Home is my space to do whatever I want which sometimes means nothing at all.
I left the comment above but didn’t enter the drawing as I refuse to give out my DOB.
Log cabin quilts have always been my favorite. Thanks for starting with this block.
Home to me is wherever my family is. I really like spending time with my family and no matter where we are if we are together that feels like home.
Home to me is family and familiar things.
Home to me is love.
Home is love,be with family and friends.
Home is love,be with family and friends.Thanks for the fun.
Home, to me, means being with friends and family and being able to share your true self and feelings with those who love you most.
THis is nice and will be easy for me to follow. Thanks.
Home is where my sewing machine is.
Home to me is where ever my family is. ?
I’m excited to start this adventure. Home is family wherever.
I got so confused on my colors and sizes. Used the sheet that I have placed the color/fabrics I choose. Once I got the blocks done, they looked really good. Sent a link to my sister to see what is going on.
This is going to be fun! Thank you both for sharing
Home is where I can feel safe and secure with my husband and two kitties. This is a pretty fun concept for a quilt. Thanks for doing it.
I love road trips. Leaving home to see new places is always fun but when returning I am reminded that “there’s no place like home.”
I like road trips, but I am always glad to return home. I always feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz–“There’s no place like home.”